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Amazing. And I kinda like July. I am a big fan of July 4th. Grew up watching "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and always related to George M. Cohan as an Irish, flag-waving, singing and dancing American liberal. And the summer heat and recent humidity should have been a clue that July was around the corner.

Last night, I had the privilege of delivering the keynote commencement speech for the 2006 graduates of California College, San Diego. Last year, they had invited me to do the opening Invocation and I thought that was cool. Being asked back because they "...thought my words were inspiring." was even cooler. I admit to being flattered and nervous. I realized that I wasn't giving the commencement speech for Harvard or UCLA or even Holmes Institute, but I took the charge seriously nonetheless.

Happily, they asked me to bring someone from the church to do the Invocation and Rev. Michael said yes! So I had a buddy and a grounding influence with me. The event was held at…

As a very young girl, I often dreamed of a way that I could somehow publish and share my feelings and creative ideas. Short of saving up enough money to take out a full-page ad in the NY Times, I did the best I could with telling my story or the occasional burst of poetic overflow to those near and dear to me.
Therefore, blogging is the ideal manifestation of a means by which my esoteric and quirky points of view would not only have expression but just might resonate with the readers.
Take a breath. You are welcome to join me.
InJoy,
Duchess